asked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he is aware that an 18-year-old Royal Army Service Corps driver, Leslie Chambers, was killed on duty in Cyprus on 8th May, 1964, and that, at the request of his parents, the body was brought to Wallsend, that the army authorities refused financial help, and that the cost to the parents was £350, causing an appeal to be made to local people; if he is satisfied with the present situation regarding this matter; and, in view of these facts and the consequence that many people are unable to afford the expense of having the bodies of relatives in the Services who are killed abroad brought to this country for burial, what proposals he has to assist such people;

(2) in view of the facts that the relatives of Servicemen killed overseas in peacetime have to bear the expense of bringing the body to the United Kingdom for burial, that the cost may be £300 to £350 and that this amount is beyond the means of many families, if he will appoint a committee of inquiry on this subject to recommend, on the basis of the joint liability of the Service Departments and the relatives for the cost involved, what percentage should be paid by each, and to consider whether transport costs should be borne by the Services.